Ph.D. Minor

The Ph.D. minor in Life Sciences Communication allows students enrolled in Ph.D. programs from the biological and physical sciences, as well as interested students from other social science and humanities departments, to supplement their existing Ph.D. course work with a transcriptable minor in Life Sciences Communication.

A Ph.D. minor in Life Sciences Communication is particularly valuable for graduate students in the natural and physical sciences who are interested in the ethical, legal, and social implications of emerging technologies, or who want to build an intellectual foundation for a future career in policy or various mission agencies (e.g., AAAS policy fellowships) dealing with public understanding and communication of science. Many students from these fields routinely take classes in our department, and a Ph.D. minor allows them to get formal recognition for their doctoral-level work in this area.

LSC 440: Contemporary Communication Technologies and their Social Effects

LSC 532: Web Design for the Sciences

LSC 560: Scientific Writing

LSC 617: Health Communication in the Information Age

LSC 625: Risk Communication

LSC 660: Data Analysis – Communication Research

LSC 806: Conceptualization and Design of Mass Communication Research

LSC 823: Science and Environment Communication

LSC 875: Special Topics: Qualitative Research Methods in Science Communication

LSC 875: Special Topics: Quantitative Research Methods in Science Communication

LSC 875: Special Topics: Science and Social Media

LSC 902: Public Opinion of Life Science Issues

Administrative Oversight

The LSC Ph.D. minor is administered by the graduate program of the Department of Life Sciences Communication. Be sure to take a look at the LSC PhD Minor Form. For additional guidelines on courses that can be counted and other logistics, please contact us. A printable information sheet about the LSC Ph.D. minor can be found here.